BPM made simpler
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Apr 7th, 2011
It’s important to keep a flexible position when managing any project, but particularly a BPM one. Why, because things change. Just when you thought everything was going perfectly your project sponsor has left the company for another opportunity; the budget has been cut; a new division has been acquired or formed; you get the idea. [...]
Posted in Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 3rd, 2011
Process Mapping 101: Using the Microsoft Office Ribbon and TaskMap 4 Posted in Process Mapping, Project Management on Apr 2nd, 2011 Using the Ribbon interface has greatly simplified the menu options in TaskMap. This allows all the create, edit, view and save functions to be logically grouped according to your needs. In addition to [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Analysis, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 25th, 2011
Automated help with Quality Assurance Posted in Process Analysis on Mar 23rd, 2011 Many BPM projects need assistance with quality assurance. Often this occurs when we are analyzing maps for opportunities to enforce quality standards and ensure they are being supported. In addition to these more sophisticated requirements, there is also the need to keep [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Process Mapping, Project Management on Mar 20th, 2011
Chose team members and partners carefully Posted in Project Management on Mar 16th, 2011 One big factor affecting any projects success or failure is the quality and motivation of those on the team. Choosing your team wisely will reduce risks in the project at a stroke. Why The team and how they work together makes [...]
Posted in Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 12th, 2011
Weekly summary March, 2011 What to do about Luddites and other disbelievers Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 11th, 2011 Ever feel like you are in the project from hell? Sometimes you may feel that you have been placed in a movie, or that God is testing you because of the [...]
Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 6th, 2011
Management support for your BPM project Posted in Change Management, Process Improvement, Project Management on Mar 5th, 2011 Another major factor for success of a project is management support. This can take many forms, but if you don’t have the following from your executives then problem are going to occur. Budget support. Do we have [...]
Posted in Change Management on Feb 11th, 2011
Making change happen is one of the biggest challenges in most operations. Most of us are resistant to change, and want to know WHY it’s important. Unless process improvement in institutionalized in the organizational culture, Resistance is a reality. In order for change management to become a process that everyone accepts (or at least does [...]
Posted in Project Management on Feb 6th, 2011
Monthly Archive for February, 2011 Project Management-Assessing the need for Change Posted in Project Management on Feb 5th, 2011 The first stage is to assess the severity of the problem. If it’s not too bad then perhaps additional resources, scope change or some staff increase may solve the issue. In the same way that we [...]
Posted in Change Management, Project Management on Jan 25th, 2011
#9 Expect and embrace change Change is going to be part of any project; the amount of change will be the variable. Given that is the case we might as well embrace it from the beginning. Why The project that does not have some change included from the beginning is extremely unusual. Unless a repetitive [...]
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